49 people were killed at a nightclub in Orlando when a gunman who pledged loyalty to the Islamic State opened fire and took hostages. It’s like all the terrifying and awful memories I had have been replaced with tonight, with this unity and all this love,” Ramses Tinoco, who survived the massacre, told the Orlando Sentinel. I could smile and remember the 49.”[Faces of healing, one year after the Pulse Nightclub massacre]Only a couple hundred people were allowed into the private service. (Orlando Sentinel via AP)Poma’s older brother died in 1991 after a long battle with HIV. It wouldn’t be “just another gay club,” Poma said.

Source: Washington Post June 12, 2017 10:18 UTC